Chapura Software readying KeySuite 2.0

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04.23.2003 :: 9:32AM EST

Chapura Software, famous for its Palm-Windows applications such as Pocket Mirror, is set to announce a PIM suite for the Palm OS called KeySuite 2.0. KeySuite allows you to have the exact same information on your Windows desktop and your Palm handheld. The idea is to bypass some of the hoops through which you must jump to get the info to match in the two places. Anyone sync'ing a Palm–or even a Pocket PC–with a Windows desktop knows that it is often difficult to mirror the arrangement of your contacts in each place. The best example is e-mail folders; Palm just doesn't have support for them built-in, but KeySuite does. If this software works as promised it's a pretty appealing package. Having your PIM info organized the same exact way in both places would be a godsend. I wonder about this “2.0” release. Has anyone heard of KeySuite 1.0? I couldn't find any information about it, so I'm led to believe Chapura's maiden voyage with KeySuite will be with 2.0. That's refreshing, if it's not just a marketing twist. I've played with a few too many “1.0s” lately that should really have been “.9s” I don't recall seeing a PIM-replacement suite for Palm or Pocket PC yet that has become vey popular. People like to dance with the one that brought them, I guess. For one thing, there's the memory constraint. You can burn up some memory with what may be a better PIM suite, or you can save the memory and get by with what's already on your handheld. It's a tough market in which to be selling a new product. This one sounds to me like it offers enough added functionality–if it works well–to be worth it. There's no word quite yet on availability or pricing. Check out Chapura's press release at Chapura.com, and thanks to PDABuzz for the link.Correction: KeySuite includes KeyDates, KeyContacts, KeyTasks and KeyNotes, which synchronize the handheld with any folders (including public folders and subfolders) in Outlook Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes. It does not sync your mail.

USER COMMENTS 5 comment(s)

1st(9:34am EST Wed Apr 23 2003)first post! ahahahahah! all you suckers LOSE! I WIN! YOU LOSE! that's right. cow your heads and bend those broken backs. you never even had a chance so, beat feet, geek. I RULE! YOU SERVE!– by iwin

Get a life(12:50pm EST Wed Apr 23 2003)kinda sad…. – by other

'Bout Time(12:35am EST Thu Apr 24 2003)It's about time that the email capability can finally be realized on the palms. I tried the Chapura version and it was ok, but definately left me wanting.I just hope it fits in my 8M Visor Edge – built like a timex and keeps working… – by Rader

Keysuite 2.0(8:41am EST Tue Apr 19 2005)I notice that Keysuite contains Keynotes. There is a version 1.65 of Keynotes, which the author says is his last, saying that he is now working on “version 2, a complete rewrite”. Perhaps this is the 'version one'yu were wondering about. – by Craig